'Star' Junior Farmer Competition
The Sural Bank will again sponsor the Slate-wide "Star" Junior Farmer Competition, which has been conducted for the last eight years in N.S.W. Announcing this, the…
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116 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 6
Junior Farmers
Castlereagh Junior Farmers held their Commonwealth celebrations last Saturday night, because on the previous Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BUILDING and Furnishing Fencing Aid for Australian Farms
A small machine designed to manufacture wire fencing droppers quickly and economically was shipped from Britain to Australia recently. The droppers, which are a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers revolt against Liberal Party links
Motions calling for an end off pre-election agreements with the Liberal Party in N.S.W. were passed by the N.S.W. annual conference of the Country Party in Bathurst recently. THE motion expressed widespread dissatisfaction among farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →World's Biggest Sheep Lift
Mr. G. Forsyth from Wagga, is in charge of the 30,000 sheep which are in the area at the rear of Mr. Tom Hungerford's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Junior Farmers Have Annual Ball
The first annual ball of the junior farmers in this area junior farmers in this area was held last Friday night at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Automatic farm gate
A U.K. firm has designed a farm gate through which a tractor can drive without…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Farmers for Soviet Union
SYDNEY: Five Australian farmers, including one woman, will leave shortly for a tour of the Soviet Union, arranged by the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society. THEY will be guests of the Soviet…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stoppage Wins Sheep Ship Rise
SYDNEY: All workers on the sheep ship Delfino returned to work on Tuesday after a four day stoppage won a wage increase of 26 per hour for all hands…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →White Wool Adds Glamour
The latest Paris and [?] creations may be cut of most women's reach, but their clever ideas are for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pineapple growers walking off farms BRISBANE: Pineapple farmers in Queensland are walking off their farms
PRICE of the summer crop from January to April 30 this year was fixed at £2210-' a ton first grade, £2010- a ton second grade…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Not AH Millionaires, Cowboys and Long-horned Cattle in Texas
A young lady, quiet and soft in her speech, was standing talking to Penrith Rotarians prior to last meeting. She was to be guest speaker, and her name was Miss Marion Byron, from Brenham, Texas,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Sheep Trail
It's amazing how some newspaper writers get on to something and stir it up, finding big faults, causing big headlines, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Water For Cattle Track
The name Cattle Track (Londonderry) has appeared many times in council discussions and reports during the last year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Co. Wins Appeal
Yesterday the Full Court unanimously allowed an appeal by Nepean Co-operativeDairy and Refrigeration Company, Penrith,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warwick Farm Aged Units
Tenders were called on Saturday for the erection of nine nine Agea Persons' units on land in Hinkler Avenue…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Dairy Company Wins Appeal
Last Wednesday the Full Court unanimously allowed an appeal by the Penrith Dairy and Refrigerating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reductions in Dairy Quotas
Mr. Joe Strong is president of the Nepean branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council. At the meeting of this branch last night at the Lag Cabin he welcomed the approximately 70 who were present, including Mr. Claud Murray, who…
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Isolated cases of foot rot are still evident amongst stock in the district, but no other disease has been reported as yet, says…
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Sydney Western Area Debating champions are members or the Upper Castlereagh Club —Helen Wright, Joan Walker and…
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